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but also resolve that there should be some action. and i hear again and again and again from people in newtown, people in connecticut and across the country, you must do something. and i think that reaction will prompt action in congress on a ban on assault weapons, also on the high-capacity clips. both were involved in this tragedy. as well as the mental health efforts, stronger enforcement, and of course, a closing of the gun show loophole that means that 40% of all gun sales in this country involve no background checks whatsoever. >> senator, will you be a part of the conversations with vice president biden as he goes about trying to craft a potential bill at least, given what we heard earlier from the -- earlier this week from the president, and can it really pass? >> there should be a conversation involving all sides. and it should be bipartisan. because there's nothing partisan about public safety. nobody asks a policeman when he arrives at the door, are you a republican or a democrat, when he's trying to help somebody in need.
but also resolve that there should be some action. and i hear again and again and again from people in newtown, people in connecticut and across the country, you must do something. and i think that reaction will prompt action in congress on a ban on assault weapons, also on the high-capacity clips. both were involved in this tragedy. as well as the mental health efforts, stronger enforcement, and of course, a closing of the gun show loophole that means that 40% of all gun sales in this country...
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instead, they are deciding on another course of action. to sell freedom group and return money to investors, fulfilling its obligations to clients without being withdrawn to the national debate with the former charter and public responsibility to do so. known for past investments and troubled companies like chrysler, they have strong ties to washington, d.c. john snow is its chairman and dan quayle is chair of the global investments charm. they tried to take the company public in 2010 and withdrew the application in 2011. carl, back to you. >> mary, a lot of discussion about the investors who, once you are in, you are in. some of these firms may want to lock in the support longer term. >> that's true, carl. >> thanks a lot, mary thompson back at hq. >>> when we come back, the latest on knight capital search for a buyout. >>> and telecom and consumer staples are the laggard with the dow up 86. back in a minute. we're all having such a great year in the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. 'cause all our states are great. and now is
instead, they are deciding on another course of action. to sell freedom group and return money to investors, fulfilling its obligations to clients without being withdrawn to the national debate with the former charter and public responsibility to do so. known for past investments and troubled companies like chrysler, they have strong ties to washington, d.c. john snow is its chairman and dan quayle is chair of the global investments charm. they tried to take the company public in 2010 and...
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lets show what the market action is today. and it is positive. there are reports they could cut the debt by $20 billion euros. that the state-run pension funds will take part. the pricing isn't as harsh as many in the market feared, because we had on friday for example greeks at the new york stock exchange saying if you take another haircut on the 70% that those pension funds have letter already taken, they won't be able to pay the pensions now and fear the social cohesion would break down. but everybody seems happier today, certainly interestingly. the greek bond market has rallied again today so you see the yields coming into negative territory. and those greek banks have done well. of course, they're sitting on a lot of greek debt and will be strong-armed into selling that through this process we imagine. but maybe not at the sort of loss -- or maybe a larger profit, whichever way you look at it, as we might have thought. and therefore, the greek stock market, like telecom, blue chips doing well, and the arc up 1.25%. and in the last three mon
lets show what the market action is today. and it is positive. there are reports they could cut the debt by $20 billion euros. that the state-run pension funds will take part. the pricing isn't as harsh as many in the market feared, because we had on friday for example greeks at the new york stock exchange saying if you take another haircut on the 70% that those pension funds have letter already taken, they won't be able to pay the pensions now and fear the social cohesion would break down. but...
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let's check out the latest action in commodities where there is a huge amount of action. >> oil higher for the third straight day here on continuing hopes that we will get some sort of deal out of washington. also, with that euro stronger, that's certainly boding well, the dollar a bit weaker. we've got bullish numbers out of the american petroleum institute looking ahead to today's inventory numbers coming from the government. drawdown on crude, drawdowns all across the board. that is supported in the energy sector. but do watch today the january contract expires today. there's much more action in the february contracts. we have to watch the curve a little bit. we could see a little bit of volatility. we'll be back at 10:30 with those inventory numbers from the government. back to you guys. >> all right. thanks very much, bertha coombs. we want to talk about sirius satellite radio. the longtime ceo stepping aside. effective immediately. a bit earlier than had been anticipated. this is a company that is more or less controlled by liberty. and will soon be officially controlled by liber
let's check out the latest action in commodities where there is a huge amount of action. >> oil higher for the third straight day here on continuing hopes that we will get some sort of deal out of washington. also, with that euro stronger, that's certainly boding well, the dollar a bit weaker. we've got bullish numbers out of the american petroleum institute looking ahead to today's inventory numbers coming from the government. drawdown on crude, drawdowns all across the board. that is...
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stocks had good action in shanghai overnight. a four-week high. the only disappointment has been data in europe. the scuttlebutt that some members wanted to cut which has put pressure on the euro today. >> german market up twice what we're up and i think people are shaking their heads that netherlands could be up. we don't see any data whatsoever that europe is doing better but belief that 2013 can't be as bad as 2012. german numbers were not good at all. it's a puzzle. >> we did get an earthquake in northeastern japan overnight. 7.3 is serious. looks like we dodged a bullet on that front as well. doesn't look like there's any damage as a result of that. >> i thought there would be a tremendous rebuilding effort in fukushima. it didn't happen because the ground is contaminated. the first question they asked over there were nuclear reactors apparently safe is the early word. >> we walk in on monday we'll have a lot of data out from china which could be important given the biggest weekly gain in shanghai in 13 months. that will be closely watched. i
stocks had good action in shanghai overnight. a four-week high. the only disappointment has been data in europe. the scuttlebutt that some members wanted to cut which has put pressure on the euro today. >> german market up twice what we're up and i think people are shaking their heads that netherlands could be up. we don't see any data whatsoever that europe is doing better but belief that 2013 can't be as bad as 2012. german numbers were not good at all. it's a puzzle. >> we did...
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if you just missed this morning's action here is what you missed. >> welcome to hour three of "squawk on the street." here's what's happening so far. >> i truly believe the good news is this is setting ourselves up for true entitlement and tax reform in 2013. >> people had a lot on their minds this season. this weekend was a key weekend. i think it helped. i didn't see promotions being extra promotional but it's a push till the end. >> today will be light volume, right? >> yes. >> shortened session but light volume. who knows what that could lead to. of course it is a classic day if you wanted to bury some bad news christmas eve is almost the perfect day to do it. >> i did earlier see two shoppers. okay. no. that guy is stocking merchandise. that's not a -- no. that's not a customer. >> what's the market reaction to a slimmed down view? >> i think you would get a rally because you would escape that near certitude of the recession. it would give you enough wiggle room in there to look around. i don't know how celebratory it would be but i think a sigh of relief rally. >> all we're doin
if you just missed this morning's action here is what you missed. >> welcome to hour three of "squawk on the street." here's what's happening so far. >> i truly believe the good news is this is setting ourselves up for true entitlement and tax reform in 2013. >> people had a lot on their minds this season. this weekend was a key weekend. i think it helped. i didn't see promotions being extra promotional but it's a push till the end. >> today will be light...
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so she's always ready to take action, no matter how wily... or weird... or wonderfully the market's behaving... which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. well, having a ton of locations doesn't hurt. and a santa to boot! [ chuckles ] right, baby. oh, sir. that is a customer. oh...sorry about that. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. fedex office. ♪ [ male announcer ] 'tis the season to discover the kid in all of us. enjoy free shipping and great values on your holiday shopping from l.l. bean. i have obligations. cuteg tobligations, but obligations.g. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. >>> "squawk on
so she's always ready to take action, no matter how wily... or weird... or wonderfully the market's behaving... which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. well, having a ton of locations doesn't hurt. and a santa to boot! [ chuckles ] right, baby. oh, sir. that is a customer. oh...sorry about that. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. fedex office. ♪ [ male announcer ] 'tis the season to discover the kid in all of us. enjoy free shipping and great...
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we are again taking concrete actions to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> mr. leader, i know that this bill last night, the deal of sequester mirrors a piece of legislation that was on the floor earlier in the year. why was that not made immediately part of plan b sin there was such a cry from your conference that the initial part of plan b did not deal with the sequester and this added in such a rushed fashion? >> our members have been consistently focused on addressing the spending problem. as you know, last year we have focused primarily on trying to address the unfunded liabilities of this federal government. we're committed to actually fixing the problem here so we can get on about a growing economy. we also realize that the president's unwillingness or inability to come to a balanced agreement with our speaker presents us with very little option other than to try and work hard to avoid a tax hike on some millions of americans. that's why we were pushing forward and are on the perm nngt tax relief bill in plan b. but we also know very well that revenues ar
we are again taking concrete actions to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> mr. leader, i know that this bill last night, the deal of sequester mirrors a piece of legislation that was on the floor earlier in the year. why was that not made immediately part of plan b sin there was such a cry from your conference that the initial part of plan b did not deal with the sequester and this added in such a rushed fashion? >> our members have been consistently focused on addressing the spending...
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. >>> a government fractured, a market paralyzed, a call to action. as our nation careens to the fiscal cliff. cnbc's challenge to lawmakers to rise above partisan politics, seem compromise and find the solution. the clock is ticking down. the stakes are getting higher. now, we are turning up the pressure. this is a cnbc special report, "mission critical: rise above d.c." >> welcome back to our continuing coverage, mission critical: rise above d.c. we've been here all morning long. while we've been here on capitol hill, we've been talking to lawmakers about rising above gridlock and reaching a real deal on the fiscal cliff. in the last hour we sat down with grover norquist saying no one should strike a bad deal, and that there is no better reason to raise taxes now than there was in the past. he also added he thinks house speaker boehner has been a good leader during the fiscal cliff negotiations. and then we were joined by bob corker and bob conrad. corker said we need to focus more on entitlements now, and he will not sign any package that doesn't d
. >>> a government fractured, a market paralyzed, a call to action. as our nation careens to the fiscal cliff. cnbc's challenge to lawmakers to rise above partisan politics, seem compromise and find the solution. the clock is ticking down. the stakes are getting higher. now, we are turning up the pressure. this is a cnbc special report, "mission critical: rise above d.c." >> welcome back to our continuing coverage, mission critical: rise above d.c. we've been here all...
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as for the action in europe, taking its cues from the united states. we'll see a big rally in china extending one of its biggest rallies in three years. we have a mixed bag in europe with italy up by about .2 of 1%. >> we'll do our best to keep focused on the business day. we'll be following the tragic shooting in connecticut, of course. the new york stock exchange will hold a moment of silence to honor the victims in the next few moments, and we'll be looking at the president's call for meaningful action and the politics of gun control. >> let's get to a road map for this morning. it starts with apple. under pressure once again. even dipping below $500 a share at some point this morning. shares will remain range bound near term. iphone 5 sales and cannibalization among the region. >> other concessions from the gop, the speaker proposing tax hikes for millionaires. could this be the tipping point. moving the talks beyond deadlock. >> a big week for earnings. yes, earnings. fedex, research in motion among the companies reporting. so finally maybe we'll
as for the action in europe, taking its cues from the united states. we'll see a big rally in china extending one of its biggest rallies in three years. we have a mixed bag in europe with italy up by about .2 of 1%. >> we'll do our best to keep focused on the business day. we'll be following the tragic shooting in connecticut, of course. the new york stock exchange will hold a moment of silence to honor the victims in the next few moments, and we'll be looking at the president's call for...
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so she's always ready to take action, no matter how wily... or weird... or wonderfully the market's behaving... which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> corporate leaders firing another warning over the fiscal cliff. kenneth frasier staying new price controls on drugs are put into place as part of budget negotiations it could hamper innovation in the pharmaceutical industry, making it more difficult for companies to created me since. frasier tell egg the financial times, the short-term fiscal pressure that the u.s. those contend with people go about fixing it the wrong way could really damage innovation. >> now just 18 days until that series of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts could accept u.s. economy over the fiscal cliff n about an hour's time, house speaker bain letter tell us exactly where the republican party now stands. a new "wall street journal"/nbc poll shows what the public thinks. john har wood is in washington, d.c. with the details on that welcome to the program, john. i would expect that two-thirds of
so she's always ready to take action, no matter how wily... or weird... or wonderfully the market's behaving... which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> corporate leaders firing another warning over the fiscal cliff. kenneth frasier staying new price controls on drugs are put into place as part of budget negotiations it could hamper innovation in the pharmaceutical industry, making it more difficult for companies to created me since. frasier tell egg...
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a lot of the union workers believed this action was politically motivated, payback if you will for the successes of the democrats in michigan, but the president winning reelection as well. they think this is a death knell of the union in michigan. but the folks who advocated these changes to the workplace rules in michigan believe this gives workers more freedom, the freedoms they really should have to choose whether to join a union. the law will go into effect probably around april 1st or so. it's when the legislature ends its session now scheduled for december 20th. among the folks who lost this particular battle, believe this process should have included a lot more public debate. it was really rushed through the legislature over the past week or so. the house took up votes on these two measures, providing workplace rules for private and public workers to have a choice now, whether they want to join that union. this happened so quickly yesterday, there was no testimony, no committee hearings. they went right to the floor and voted for the measures. i spoke with governor snider yester
a lot of the union workers believed this action was politically motivated, payback if you will for the successes of the democrats in michigan, but the president winning reelection as well. they think this is a death knell of the union in michigan. but the folks who advocated these changes to the workplace rules in michigan believe this gives workers more freedom, the freedoms they really should have to choose whether to join a union. the law will go into effect probably around april 1st or so....
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instagram getting hit with a class action lawsuit. the suit against the photo filter service was reportedly brought by a california user claiming breach of contract. facebook which now owns instagram believes the complaint is without merit. netflix is back after a christmas eve outage. the video streaming service has problems at one of amazon's web service center to blame. the subscribers in the u.s., canada and latin america. >> five days left before we could potentially go over the fiscal cliff. president obama is cutting short his holiday in hawaii and returning early to d.c. he should arrive there capable of negotiating from tomorrow. chief washington correspondent john harwood joins us with the latest. john, i mean, how optimistic can we be? this market is not falling out of bed as the clock ticks down. >> you know, i think everybody's counting on the holiday mood changing somewhat the tenor of the negotiations in combination with the fact that the republican position has kind of collapsed, with the collapse of plan b. the speake
instagram getting hit with a class action lawsuit. the suit against the photo filter service was reportedly brought by a california user claiming breach of contract. facebook which now owns instagram believes the complaint is without merit. netflix is back after a christmas eve outage. the video streaming service has problems at one of amazon's web service center to blame. the subscribers in the u.s., canada and latin america. >> five days left before we could potentially go over the...
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. >> just before we let you go, where is the greatest call to action in your view? where should people focus most on their investments? >> i guess if they have a very short-term horizon which i think most clients do between now and year end, we need to focus on something that had an actionable catalyst between now and year end. only two companies that we cover set to report between now and year end would be carnival in cruise space which you highlighted and darden which preannounced today. darden action took place today so the next catalyst is carnival and as you highlighted the setup into carnival earnings is not as good in second and third quarter because there's no sense in pricing and stocks are up over 35% year-to-date. >> it's good to have you on the show. thank you for joining us. >> a pickup in chinese economic data overnight raising hopes that a hard landing might no longer be in the books for china. is the worst finally over for the world's second largest economy? we'll talk to the chief asian and emerging market strategist for jpmorgan next. >>> toll brot
. >> just before we let you go, where is the greatest call to action in your view? where should people focus most on their investments? >> i guess if they have a very short-term horizon which i think most clients do between now and year end, we need to focus on something that had an actionable catalyst between now and year end. only two companies that we cover set to report between now and year end would be carnival in cruise space which you highlighted and darden which preannounced...
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as for the action in europe, really, the action focuses on italy where there's an impending political regime change. more on that in just a moment. the road map starts at the golden arches. mcdonald's blowing out expectations for november sales after the dismal drop in the month of october. hoping to fuel the rise, the bacon/onion/cheddar sandwich. >> there's one thing for certain, taxes on top earners are going up. >> turmoil in italy. berlusconi throws his hat in the ring. retail sales numbers out of china, hoping the economy is in fact on an upswing. >> apple, enthusiasm. jeffreys trimming its price target to 800 from 900, as apple shares do trade lower in the pre-market. we'll start with mcdonald's, posting better than expected november same-store sales, global comps up 2.4. u.s. same-store sales up 2.5, offered by breakfast offerings, including that cheddar/bacon/onion sandwich, as melissa mentioned. jim? people are saying the u.s. maybe is making a turn here. >> i find mcdonald's is levered to new products, levered to menu technology. they do invent things. my hat's off to janet
as for the action in europe, really, the action focuses on italy where there's an impending political regime change. more on that in just a moment. the road map starts at the golden arches. mcdonald's blowing out expectations for november sales after the dismal drop in the month of october. hoping to fuel the rise, the bacon/onion/cheddar sandwich. >> there's one thing for certain, taxes on top earners are going up. >> turmoil in italy. berlusconi throws his hat in the ring. retail...